What is he doing???

[Chinchilla_Girl]

Okay, Lucky Jack's been doing something strange ever since he moved into the new cage...He's litter trained, but now he'll get into the litter pan, use it, then kick everything out of it until it's all over the cage! Once he does that, he uses the litterbox and doesn't kick any more out...Basically he does it every time I change the litter. Is this his Non-spraying attempt at spreading his scent around? Should he stop once he's neutered, or is this just something he's going to do? I mean, it doesn't really bother me much, but his cage stays poop free for only 3 or 4 minutes when I clean it! Then he's kicking his poop all over! Just wondering why he might be doing it...

[Dena]

What if you keep a small amount of dirty litter and sprinkle it over the clean litter when you change it. Maybe he will smell it and not kick it out.

[RSbunny]

That's a good thought Dena!
Mandie Shadow used to do this constantly!! she was a b****!!! Then I gave her molly's litter pan (it's fairly deep) and she has never done it since!!!! Oh she also got speyed too which helped but it stopped completely when the deeper pan came about!

[Chinchilla_Girl]

Thanks both of you! I'll try both methods! After I drop him at the vet tomorrow morning, I'll go find another pan and put his dirty litter in it and see what happens when he gets home

[veggiegirl]

Rabbits are so funny, sometimes they are so prissy and have to have things a certain way. My boy rabbit used to do that too when I put "too much" litter in. It got to a point where I could only put in the tiniest amount to make it satisfactory for him. Try using less litter and see if that helps. Also, he might get better after he's been neutered for awhile. Mo has calmed down sooo much, and he doesn't kick out the litter very often anymore. Be prepared for Jack to do funny things like that though. Mine love to throw all kinds of little fits if things aren't just right!

[animal813]

haha..that's funny how they get set in their ways.